KS Conservation News Digest

Miner sentenced to a year in prison for operating illegally

A Gold Hill man twice convicted of illegally mining on public land has been sentenced to a year in prison.

Poll shows support for protecting lower Rogue

A poll of 300 people in southwest Oregon indicate that more than 75 percent of respondents support additional protection for the lower Rogue River corridor.

Four groups protest BLM's Grizzly Peak timber plan

They cite concerns about cutting of larger trees and road-building

Four Southern Oregon trails named as historic places

All are located in the Oregon Caves National Monument

The romantic, post-apocalyptic journey of wolf OR-7

 

Environmental groups voice concerns about plan to replace county payments

Environmental groups in Oregon expressed concern Monday about emerging legislation that could lead to increased logging on 1.2 million acres of federal land in the state. They demanded that negotiations over details of the proposal be more public and open.

OR-7 saga trots on in California

 

Exporting liquified natural gas would spike price in U.S., says energy agency

Exporting boatloads of U.S. natural gas could significantly raise prices for domestic consumers and businesses, according to a new study by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Medford BLM to discuss new timber plan

The Medford District Bureau of Land Management will host a public meeting to discuss a timber plan called the Integrated Vegetation Management Project.

A Mining Law Whose Time Has Passed

NYT OP-ED on outdated mining laws and threats to the Chetco River.

Want some say about monument road plans?

Public comment sought about which roads should remain open inside the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

Wolf's entry into Calif. major environmental step

A lone gray wolf crossed the border into California and was on the move south of Klamath Falls on Thursday, becoming the first wild wolf in the state in almost a century.

Time to rein in outlaw mining operations

Guest Editorial by KS Wild's George Sexton

On the trail of OR-7

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist and a volunteer aide track the wandering wolf long and hard to see if he has a mate, but OR-7 always is one step ahead of them

Senators back push for Rogue wilderness area

Oregon's U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley waded into the effort to expand protection of the Lower Rogue River drainage on Thursday by introducing legislation that would add some 60,000 acres of new wilderness area.

Business Owners Applaud Bill to Protect Wild Rogue

Legislation vitally important for local economy

Defiant Abe Lincoln-quoting gold miner fails to sway jury

It finds Clifford R. Tracy guilty of illegally mining Galice Creek; he's cleared on a pollution count

OR-7 might make home in region's mountains

Indications are the traveling wolf is hanging around in a roughly 100-square-mile area east of Butte Falls

Miner appears to not take trial too seriously

With a straw in his teeth and sunglasses pushed back on his head, Gold Hill miner Clifford R. Tracy served as his own attorney Thursday afternoon in the first day of a lively federal trial in which he is charged with illegal mining.

Miner Accused of Illegal Operation

TV Coverage of illegal gold mining Tracy trial featuring George Sexton.